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PowerPoint virus worthy of attention

It hasn't done much damage as yet, but a new PowerPoint virus does hold promise to cause some big headaches within organizations that rely on the Microsoft applications for business operations. Hackers have attached a virus to a PowerPoint file that installs key logging software once the file is opened by a user. Right now the virus is swarming in Asia and comes from a Google address. Security experts are warning tech leaders to caution users from opening PowerPoint files from unknown sources as Microsoft has made it clear it likely won't have a fix until its next security patch release in early August.

For more on the PowerPoint bug:
- check out this article at the BBCNews

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